La mà de Guido is a
Catalan
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Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
music publishing house in Barcelona, Spain founded in 1986 by the composer and musicologist
Llorenç Balsach (b. 1953).
The name La Mà de Guido comes from the Catalan translation of the
Guidonian hand
In medieval music, the Guidonian hand was a mnemonic device used to assist singers in learning to sight-sing. Some form of the device may have been used by Guido of Arezzo, a medieval music theorist who wrote a number of treatises, including one ...
.
The primary notability of La Mà de Guido is in the publishing of music scores and editions for Catalan composers, living and dead. The music publishing house also owns a recording label; this is primarily reviving the works of Catalan composers, but also recordings by Catalan musicians of other Iberian music, and archive historical recordings.
[Casares E. Diccionario de la música española e hispanoamericana, Volume 2 2002 p122] The label also distributes the Ars Harmonica label.
Published composers
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Josep Fàbrega (?-1791)
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Felip Pedrell
Felip Pedrell Sabaté (Spanish: Felipe) (19 February 1841 – 19 August 1922) was a Catalan composer, guitarist and musicologist.
Life
Pedrell was born in Tortosa (Catalonia), and sang as a boy soprano at Tortosa Cathedral from age 9, where he ...
(1841–1922)
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Enric Morera (1865–1942)
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Joaquim Cassadó (1867–1926)
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Josep Barberà (1877–1947)
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Antoni Massana (1890–1966)
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Agustí Borgunyó (1894–1967)
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Eduard Toldrà
Eduard Toldrà Soler (; Vilanova i la Geltrú 7 April 1895 – Barcelona, 31 May 1962) was a Spanish Catalan composer and conductor.
Toldrà played an important role in the Culture of Barcelona. In 1944 he founded the Barcelona Symphony Orchestr ...
(1895–1962)
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Gaspar Cassadó
Gaspar Cassadó i Moreu (30 September or 5 October 1897 – 24 December 1966) was a Spanish cello, cellist and composer of the early 20th century. He was born in Barcelona to a church musician father, Joaquim Cassadó, and began taking cello ...
(1897–1966)
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Manuel Blancafort
Manuel may refer to:
People
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* Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''
* Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies
* Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire
* M ...
(1897–1987)
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Lamote de Grignon (1899–1962)
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Joaquim Homs
Joaquim Homs i Oller (; 21 or 22 August 1906 – 9 September 2003) was a Spanish composer.
Homs was born in Barcelona, and studied cello until 1922. Afterwards, he self-educated himself in composition before studying on-and-off from 1931 t ...
(1906–2003)
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J.M. Mestres Quadreny (b. 1929)
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Josep Soler Josep is a Catalan masculine given name equivalent to Joseph (Spanish ''José'').
People named Josep include:
* Josep Bargalló (born 1958), Catalan philologist and former politician
* Josep Bartolí (1910-1995), Catalan painter, cartoonist an ...
(b. 1935)
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Llorenç Balsach (b. 1953)
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Jesús Rodriguez-Picó (b. 1953)
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José Galeote (b. 1970)
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David Esterri Carrasquer (b. 1970)
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Miguel Castro Santafé (b. 2001)
Recording artists
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Victoria Musicae Victoria Musicae is a Spanish early music group based in Valencia, Spain.
The group was founded in 1992, and since 1993 has been led by Josep Ramón Gil-Tàrrega. The group has worked with other Valencian ensembles Capella de Ministrers in early m ...
. Dir. Josep R. Gil Tàrrega.
* Musica Reservata de Barcelona. Dir. including
Bruno Turner
Bruno Turner (born 7 February 1931) is a British musicologist, choral conductor, broadcaster, publisher and businessman. His scholarship and recordings have focused on early music, especially of Spanish polyphony.
Biography
Turner was born in Lo ...
,
Peter Phillips (conductor)
Peter Phillips (born 15 October 1953) is a British choral conductor and musicologist. He was the founder of The Tallis Scholars in 1973 and of Gimell Records (with Steve Smith) in 1980.
Early life and education
Phillips was born in Southampto ...
.
* Harmonia del Parnàs. Dir. Marian Rosa Montagut.
* Maria Teresa Garrigosa. soprano.
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La Mà de Guido
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Music publishing companies
Classical music record labels
Publishing companies established in 1986
1986 establishments in Spain
Music companies of Spain